Wardrobe bed



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clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact 'easy-acting bed which shall be durable and `detail showing one of the hinge-bolts and channel A2 is cut into the inner face of each `side wall of the extension A from the top a metal bearing A3.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTON LINEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,724, dated November 26, i889.

Application tiled October 22, 1888.

.To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTON LINEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IVardrobe Beds; and I do hereby dedescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates particularly to folding wardrobe beds.

The object of the invention is to provide an attractive in form.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partially in section. Fig. 2 is a det-ail of one set of weights. Fig. 3 is a corner-irons connected therewith. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the bearing for the hin ge-bolt. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a portion of the bed. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section in line :c x of Fig. l. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of the counterbalanGing-weights.

A isthe ease.

B is the bed proper.

The case A is upright and open at the fron t, and has at its base the forward extension A. The bed B is hinged by its head to the extension A in such manner as to fold into or against the ease A, as is usual in this class of beds. The head of the bed is thus supported by said extension, and its outer end, when in the horizontal position, is supported by suitable feet, fixed or folding. A vertical downwardly an inch or more, and the lower end of said channel is preferably protected by Such bearing is shown in perspective in Fig. et.

A postB' projects outwardly from each side of the head of the bed into the adjacent channel A2. Said post may have a head, and the channel maybe enlarged within to make room for said head, and said head may then rest behind said metal bearing to prevent the side Serial No. 288,874. (No model.)

of the extension A of the case A from being sprung outwardly away from the bed B. In the drawings said post B is represented as a bolt.

B2 is a corner-iron resting in the angle formed by the bottom of the bed and the side thereof. The arm of the corneriron vlying in Contact with the bottom of the bed is secured to the latter by a screw or bolt b or o1herwise,while the bolt B extends through the side of the bed and the arm of the corneriron in contact therewith. At the outside of the side of the bed the bolt has a shoulder b2 resting against said side. By drawing the nut b3 the bolt, the side of the bed, and the corner-iron are bound firmly together, the head of the bolt projecting to enter the channel A2. The corner -iron thus serves the double purpose of sustaining the bolt and the side of the bed. A second corner-iron B3 may be placed over the outside of the corner of the bed opposite the corner iron B12, and pierced by the bolt B andthe bolt b, so that ythe one pair of bolts binds the two cornerirons. This construction renders the corner very strong'. j

In the ease A back of the space occupied by the bed B when folded are arranged vertically sliding counterbalancingweights C. These run in any suitable guides C and rest upon friction-rollers C2, which rollers are supported by the head of the bed B. I prefer to arrange these weights in the corners of the case A in wells D, formed by the side and back walls of the case A, and the walls D D2, any of said walls being provided with channel-guides O,into 'which tongues c3 project from the weight.

I prefer to make the weight of hollow wood.

en boxes filled with sand, gravel, or similar loose material, which may be supplied after the bed has been shipped and set up. This is a convenient and cheap method.

Then the foot of the bed is lowered, the head of the bed, together with the rollers C2, is raised. By this means the weights C are raised. Said weights may be sufficient to fully counterbalanee the bed or to more than counterbalance it, so that they will, if left to themselves, raise the bed B. To prevent the said weights from acting when not de- ICO sired, I arrange a spring-hip E, to project inwardly beneath the weights when the latter have reached their upper limit. Thus the weights are held against descending. The horizontal arm of the spring E may project through the case A and have hinged to its outer end a link E', which link may be set into the horizontal arm with its inner end resting against the case Awhen the spring is drawn outwardly. Thus the springs may be set out of engagement with the weights when it is desired to raise the bed.

Each weight C may be divided int-o parts c c2, the latter being free to follow the friction-roller C2 to its lower limit, while c descends only part way, being held by a suitable stop. Such a stop is shown at c4, which is engaged by a projection c5 on the part c of the weight. In operation, when the bed is nearly or quite closed, only the part c2 of the weight rests on the friction-roller; but when the bed descends' the part- 02 ascends and lifts the part c', thus transferring the total weight of the counter-balance to thehead of the bed.

Then the bed B is lowered rapidly, a shock results, unless provision is made for its prevention. W hen the part c2 of the weight meets the part c of the weight, and when the bed is raised the part e of the weight leaves the part c2 of the weight abruptly, so as to interfere with the steady movement of the bed. To remedy this defect, I insert a spring c( between the parts c and c2. Said spring may be secured to either of said parts and be of any suitable dimensions and strength, and may be fastened upon the end of the part to which it is applied, or may be set into the said part. The action of this spring is obviously to gradually combine and separatel the weight of the two parts c and c2. Thus when the bed B is lowered the roller C2 will raise the part c2 until the spring c6 comes into contact with the part to which it is not attached. Said spring then yields, so that the weight of the stationary part c acts gradually upon the part c2. When the bed B is again raised, the part c5 does not strike abruptly upon the stop c4; but when' said part c meets said stop a considerable portion of the weight of said part c is still sustained by the spring e, but gradually diminishes until the spring is released entirely from the part e', when the part c2 acts alone.

At the front and back of the space between the wells D are arranged doors F, so that access is afforded to said space from the front and rear of the bed. From the top wall of said space depends clothes-hooks G.

Two boards B4 extend lengthwise alongA the bottom of the bed and are secured edgewise to said bottom, and the space between them is iilled with a panel. Said 4bottom is thereby greatly strengthened.

IVhile feet of various forms may be used to support the outer end of the bed when open, Iprefer to use the form shown in the drawings.

A board H is laid crosswise over the boards B4 near the footof the bed and hinged thereto in such manner as to allow it to be turned up with its edge directed toward the boards B4. Each end of the board H projects a little beyond the adjacent board B4, so that a foot H may be secured to said end between said board H and the bed B. Then thus arranged, the legsA are set perpendicularly to the bottom of the bed by the turning of the board I-I npon its hinges. By turning said board back again the legs are foldeddown beside the boards B4.

A button I may be suitably secured below the board H, to be turned to hold said board in the perpendicular position.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with the case A, having channels A2, in which rest metal bearings A3, of a bed B, having bolts and one or more cornerirons which serve to connect and strengthen the sides and bottom of the folding section B, said bolts binding said cornerirons to the bed and proj ectin g'outside of said bed sufficiently to extend into said channel, the heads thereof resting behind said metal bearings, substantially as described.

2. rlhe combination, with the case A, having in its corners the upright ways for weights, a separate weight located in the ways in each such corner, and a wardrobe-space between such weights, of a bed hinged near its head to said case below the weights and supporting said weights through interposed friction-rollers, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the case A and bed B, hinged near its head within the lower portion of said case and provided at its head with the rollers C2, of wells D, located in the corners of said case, and having ways C and weights C divided into parts, each part having tongues c3, fittin g into said grooves C', and a stop being provided for limiting the downward movement of the upper part, said weights being so arranged that the lower one will be engaged by a roller C2, mounted upon the head of the bed, and said lower part lifted by said roller against the weight next above, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the case A and bed B, hinged by its head to said case, of suitably-guided weights arranged within said case and divided into parts to be lifted in succession by the head of the bed, and a spring interposed between said parts, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

5. The combination, with the case A and bed B, hinged by its head within the lower portion of the case A, of weights C, arranged to slide in suitable ways within said case and above said head, and divided into parts to be engaged successively by the head of the bed, and having a spring inserted between said parts, one end of such spring being secured to one of said parts, substantially as shown and described.

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6. The combination, with the ease A and bed B, hinged by its head Within the lower portion of said ease, of Weights C, consisting of upright boxes having lateral tongues t0 slide in suitable Ways in said ease and divided into parts, said parts being lled with sand or gravel o1 similar loose material, and having a spring c interposed between said parts and being engaged successively by the head of the bed, substantially as and for the 1o purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signa-ture in presence of two witnesses.

ANTON LINEE. Witnesses:

CYRUS KEHR, CHARLES H. RoBERTs. 

